Let me preface this by saying that this is barely a review, and more or less a love letter. The amount of hours and achievements I have on steam are not at all indicative of my full experience of this game, as I have bought and 100%ed nitw on multiple platforms, multiple times.
It is impossible for me to give an unbiased review of night in the woods. This game has without a doubt made me into who I am today. This game has honed my personality and humor, making me into a better person in some ways, and worse in some. This game has been there for me since the day it came out on my ♥♥♥♥♥♥ little Nintendo switch. Nitw has been there for me during the most significant parts of my life, and has helped me through so much, I would not be here today if not for nitw. The game somehow manages to hit right in the soul about whatever you're going through, no matter what it could be. Whenever im going through something, i know it will be there no matter what. I could go on about how much night in the woods means to me for hours, and I still feel like I'm leaving so so so much out just to make this review readable without being a pain in the ass.
The gameplay is exactly what it should be, night in the woods does not need any action or any in depth gameplay, it's all about the people and world around you, and how it goes on with or without you. Leaving you feel empty and small in how little change you can make as the metronome of time chimes on. You can break a log, but it only matters if someone walks that path of the woods. The story if you go straight from point A to B is fine, but that's not what it's about. It's about building connections, seeing the world go on around you, becoming the mother to some rats. It's about the journey. This goes hand in hand with the music, the music isn't ever over the top stupid upbeat and it inst melancholic for the point of being melancholic. But nonetheless it will never fail to make you feel something. There are countless times where i will boot up the game for the pure point of having the menu music on in the background as i do stuff.
I don't know how to end this and I know that I'm missing ♥♥♥♥ but man. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love night in the woods. Gregg rulz, ok?

I want to sob and i'm not sure why